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Ori and The Blind Forest: Definitive Edition

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 14 June 2016

Players: 9.8/10

Metacritic: 89/100

Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition is an expanded edition of the indie adventure platformer. The game tells the story of a little guardian spirit named...

The Henry Stickmin Collection

Arcade, Platformer, Side view, Adventure, Action, Indie

Game released: PC → 7 August 2020

Players: 9.3/10

The Henry Stickmin Collection is a collection of action, platforming and point-n-click adventure games. An epic journey awaits you with six different stories, the...

Weaving Tides

Adventure, Puzzle, Platformer, Action, Top-down view, Indie, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 27 May 2021

Weaving Tides is an atmospheric puzzle platformer with an isometric camera view in a fantasy setting. In the game you will go to conquer the wonderful world of...

Rise of Industry

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC → 2 May 2019

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 62/100

Rise of Industry is a top-down real-time economic strategy game. You will become the manager of an industrial conglomerate of the 20th century. Develop your...

Ten Dates

Adventure, Interactive movie, Indie, Casual game, Comedy

Game released: PC → 14 February 2023

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Continuation of the interactive game Five Dates. The main heroine and her best friend go on speed dates to find their love. The gamer's choices in dialogues...

A Space for the Unbound

Anime / Manga, Side view, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 19 January 2023

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Two school friends with supernatural powers explore the Indonesian countryside to uncover its secrets. There is an opportunity to communicate with the townspeople...

Flame in the Flood

Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 24 February 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Flame in the Flood is a survival adventure game in which the player will wander through procedurally generated levels, exploring the slums of the United States...

Umurangi Generation

Simulation, Indie, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Shooter

Game released: PC → 19 May 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Umurangi Generation is an indie adventure shooter with a first-person view in a fantasy style. Set in Tauranga Aotearoa, in the wake of the looming crisis, you are...

Necesse

Action, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting, Procedural generation

Early Access: PC → 12 December 2019; Game released: PC → 16 October 2025

Players: 6.8/10

A colorful action sandbox that combines exploration, crafting, settlement building, and cooperative play. The procedurally generated world is filled with various...

Underchoice

Adventure, Simulation, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Survival, Casual game

Game released: PC → 1 June 2026

An atmospheric simulator with survival elements, where managing the shelter turns into a series of difficult moral choices. The world outside its walls is largely...

Mercenary Kings

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie

Game released: PC → 22 July 2013

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Mercenary Kings is a side-scrolling run-and-gun platformer similar to games like SNK's Metal Slug series. Players can jump, crouch, roll, shoot in four directions...

Crash Drive 3

Arcade, Racing, Online, Third-person view, Indie

Game released: PC → 9 July 2021

Metacritic: 68/100

Crash Drive 3 is an indie arcade racing game with a third-person view and online elements. You will experience incredible fun in this game. You will be able to...

Backbone

Adventure, Stealth, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 8 June 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Backbone is a noir detective role-playing game in the spirit of Wolf Among Us, where all the characters are anthropomorphic animals. The game tells the story of...

Selaco

Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Indie, Old school

Early Access: PC → 31 May 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 9.3/10

A fast-paced shooter inspired by the classic games F.E.A.R., Quake and Doom. The style is based on F.E.A.R. — one of the most iconic action films of the...

Tactical Breach Wizards

Strategy, Tactics, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Turn-based, Indie, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 22 August 2024

Metacritic: 87/100

A tactical strategy game with turn-based combat in which the player controls battle mages armed with firearms. The heroes enter various rooms filled with armed...

OPUS: Echo of Starsong

Adventure, Visual novel, Indie, Anime / Manga, Exploration, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 1 September 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 75/100

OPUS: Echo of Starsong is a Japanese adventure visual novel in a science fiction...

Finding Paradise

Adventure, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: PC → 14 December 2017

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Finding Paradise is an indie top-down adventure that is a direct sequel to To the Moon and A Bird Story. Players will once again meet two doctors who travel through...

Godstrike

Arcade, Shooter, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 15 April 2021

Metacritic: 64/100

Godstrike is a dynamic top-down arcade shooter in a fantasy setting. Your task is to defeat the bosses one by one, within the allotted time. But time is not just...

Valorborn

Role-playing game, Strategy, Sandbox, Indie, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Medieval era, Construction

Early Access: PC → 15 April 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027

A role-playing sandbox set in a dark fantasy medieval world. The game emphasizes freedom of action and the simulation of a living world. Players determine their own...

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Action, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 25 September 2014

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 80/100

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view and horror elements. You take control of a detective searching for a missing boy...

Train Station Renovation

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Business / Management, First-person view, Trains, Indie

Early Access: PC → 30 April 2020; Game released: PC → 1 October 2020

Players: 8/10

Train Station Renovation is a first-person management simulator where you take on the role of the self-proclaimed guardian of historic train stations. You will go...

Intravenous

Shooter, Top-down view, Stealth, Tactics, Indie

Game released: PC → 26 July 2021

Players: 7.6/10

Intravenous is a tactical indie shooter with a top-down view and stealth elements. In the game you will go to conquer a dark world as Steve Robbins, who decides to...

FE (2018)

Arcade, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 16 February 2018

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 71/100

FE is a fantasy arcade platformer with a third-person view. You will play the role of a funny animal who travels through a mysterious forest with equally strange...

BDSM: Big Drunk Satanic Massacre

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Isometric, Indie

Game released: PC → 10 October 2019

Players: 4.4/10

Big Drunk Satanic Massacre is a satirical action role-playing game with an isometric camera view. You will play as the son of Satan named Lou, who will have to...

Anodyne 2: Return to Dust

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 12 August 2019

Players: 5.5/10

Anodyne 2: Return to Dust is a continuation of the action-adventure Anodyne. You take on the role of Nova, a nanoscavenger tasked with collecting dangerous nanodust...

Towaga: Among Shadows

Arcade, Side view, Action, Indie, Shooter, Adventure

Game released: PC → 14 July 2020

Players: 8.4/10

Towaga: Among Shadows is a side-scrolling adventure arcade action platformer. You have to play the role of a fearless warrior at the top of the tower, who defends...

The Light Brigade

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Tactics, Roguelike, Virtual Reality (VR)

Game released: PC → 22 February 2023

Players: 9.5/10

The Light Brigade is a first-person shooter adventure game for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Valve Index, Windows Mixed Reality and PlayStation VR2 virtual reality...

Red Alliance

Action, Indie, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Horror, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 10 October 2018

Red Alliance is an atmospheric adventure shooter with a first-person view and horror elements in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in 21st century Eastern...

Gato Roboto

Indie, Action, Adventure, Side view, Platformer, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 30 May 2019

Metacritic: 76/100

Gato Roboto is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a sci-fi setting. In the game you will play as a cat who has to save his captain and the...

Kona 2: Brume

Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Exploration, Detective, Walking Simulator

Game released: PC → 18 October 2023

Players: 8.6/10

The game takes place in Canada in 1970. A certain haze cut off a small mining village from the whole world. Private detective Karl Faber is trying to understand its...

Alien Hominid HD

Action, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Old school, Indie, Online

Game released: PC → 1 November 2023

Enhanced version of the cooperative 2D action game Alien Hominid (2002) . Armed with a space blaster and a team of mysterious little ones, you must try to take...

TOEM

Arcade, Adventure, Isometric, Puzzle, Indie

Game released: PC → 17 September 2021

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 79/100

A black-and-white adventure about travel, memories, and seeing the world through a camera lens. Everything is built around observation and the moment—each frame...

Samorost 3

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Indie

Game released: PC → 24 March 2016

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Samorost 3 is a continuation of the fantastic adventure from the developers of Samorost 2, Machinarium and Botanicula. The main character is a gnome who seems to...

OMORI

Horror, Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 25 December 2020

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 88/100

OMORI is an indie horror adventure with fantasy RPG elements. You have to explore a strange world full of colorful friends and enemies. You'll travel through the...

The Past Within

Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Online, Puzzle, Adventure, Mysticism / Supernatural

Game released: PC → 2 November 2022

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 68/100

The Past Within — an engaging cooperative puzzle game from the creators of Rusty Lake Hotel. In the game, you and a friend will solve puzzles together, but one...

Still There

Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Point & Click

Game released: PC → 20 November 2019

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Still There is a sci-fi adventure in which you become the keepers of the Bento space lighthouse, located in the poorly explored sector D42-W81. You will perform...

Rhythm Doctor

Role-playing game, Adventure, Music game, Indie, Side view

Early Access: PC → 26 February 2021; Game released: PC → 6 December 2025

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 89/100

An unusual musical rhythm game in which every keystroke becomes the pulse of life. Here, medicine and music intertwine: synchronizing keystrokes at the right moment...

Dollar Dash

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 6 March 2013

Players: 4/10

Metacritic: 49/100

Dollar Dash is a whirlwind multiplayer arcade action game with an isometric camera view. The game takes place in the fictional world of robbers, where you can try...

The Outbound Ghost

Adventure, Arcade, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Indie, Side view

Game released: PC → 20 September 2022

The Outbound Ghost is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based battles and a side view, reminiscent of Paper Mario. Paper creatures roam a charming world...

Mad Father

Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: PC → 23 September 2016

Players: 9.1/10

Mad Father is a Japanese-style top-down horror adventure game. One night, Aya hears her father screaming. When she leaves the room, she sees two ugly creatures. She...

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